Patents by Inventor Eric J. Brambani

Eric J. Brambani has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Ceramic tip and compliant attachment interface for a gas turbine fuel nozzle
    Patent number: 5337961
    Abstract: A fuel nozzle tip construction for a dual fuel gas turbine includes a centrally arranged metal liquid fuel tip having a liquid fuel flow passage therein; a radially outer ceramic atomizing air tip surrounding the liquid fuel tip in radially spaced and substantially concentric relationship such that an atomizing air passage is formed therebetween; a radially outermost metal gas fuel tip surrounding the atomizing air tip in radially spaced and substantially concentric relationship such that a gas fuel passage is formed therebetween; a metal retaining cup radially between the atomizing air tip and the gas fuel tip; and a pair of compliant interface elements, one interposed between the gas tip and the atomizing air tip at a forward end of the atomizing air tip, and the other interposed between the retaining cup and the atomizing air tip at a rearward end of the atomizing air tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Eric J. Brambani, Jonathan Munshi